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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9803

13 December 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/industry
Three-way agreement on toy safety directive

Brussels, 12/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - After four informal trialogue meetings, the Commission, Council and European Parliament reached a political agreement on Wednesday 10 December on the review of directive 88/738/EC on toy safety. The Parliament is likely to give the agreement first reading approval in Strasbourg next week. Negotiators, led by European Parliament rapporteur Mariann Thyssen (EPP-ED, Belgium), finally overcame the last hurdle to agreement, the issue of certification by a...

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